Bill Kristol is, incredibly, a really good commentator. Yes, the neo-cons got Iraq wrong and I’m sure I’d still be more supportive of welfarism than Kristol is today, but he’s pretty enlightened, if he wasn’t 20 yrs ago, and takes a back seat to nobody in despising MAGA. He’s borderline liberal.

Dems can win by defending trans rights. We just need to be strong and confident. People like confidence. People don’t really vote on issue positions. They just like strength and confidence. Dems need to understand that.

Correct, of course.

I notice he did say something not-so-nice about Putin. I suspect that is because he is no longer jealous of Putin. He has the same power here that Putin has there. And Trump is now dreaming of ruling the world. This will affect his guardrail-free mind.

Thus do we attribute genius to the actions of a toddler, whose real purpose to be revealed is always around the next corner. If disaster comes—just wait! He’s cooking up something even better! If things turn out ok—see! He knew it all along! 3/3

If he promises something amazing that’s unrealistic, well, who knows, maybe he can achieve it and his opponents just weren’t dreaming big enough! If he doesn’t or can’t achieve it, then it was a tactic all along to achieve something else! /2